Lord Harland.

Chapter 234 Magic Crystal Charging
The manufacture of the microscope was very difficult, and it took several years without success.

Until Ruiz joined the project team.He has extraordinary visual talent and can observe the subtle differences of the lens. Although Ruiz was later transferred to the intelligence department and needed to participate in some special tasks, he has been working part-time in the Optical Research Institute.Last winter, under the guidance of Ruiz, the first microscope was successfully built in the territory of Harland.

Through this fifty-times magnification microscope, the doctors in Harland's territory saw cells and bacteria for the first time.

The discovery of bacteria will greatly promote the progress of medicine.

The discovery of cells also has a very important effect on magic research.

Because the microscope is so miraculous, all the magicians and doctors in Harland's territory scrambled to use the microscope.

In order to plan the use time of the microscope, Li Cha also formulated strict regulations, and formulated a machine time use system according to different levels and different contributions.

If you want to get a longer machine time, you need to prove your ability first, and you have made contributions to the research of medicine and magic.

For every successful research, Li Cha has established a contribution system, and only those with a high contribution system are given priority in using advanced instruments.

In the territory of Harland, there are only a dozen doctors and magicians who can use microscopes for research.

Heath, Butler, Adrian, etc. have relatively low contributions. In order to use the microscope, they even need to adjust their work and rest habits to sleep during the day and study at night.

It has been less than half a year since the territory produced the microscope last winter, and a lot of research results have been produced in both medicine and magic, and more than [-] papers have been published in periodicals within the territory.

The quality of several papers was very high, which made Li Cha feel refreshed.

Now in Harland's territory, there are already more than [-] magicians, magic apprentices, more than [-] doctors, and six teachers who have published papers.

Although these papers are not published publicly, only dozens of copies are printed each time.However, the scientific research in Harland's territory has begun to take root. As long as this seedling is well protected, it will grow into a towering tree one day.

After the first microscope was manufactured, Ruiz and two mirror grinders made persistent efforts and spent three months of constant adjustments to manufacture the second microscope.

The magnification of this microscope is even greater, reaching 120 times.

Relying on a microscope with a power of 120 times, it is simply impossible to study the microstructure.

But there is magic in the plane of morning light, through visual magnification magic, superimposed with a microscope, you can continue to magnify the visual effect.

Visual magnification is only a second-ring magic, and standard magic can only magnify images ten times.But if you invest 120 points of mental power, the visual magnification effect will increase to a thousand times, and if you add a 12 times microscope, the magnification effect will be superimposed to [-] times, and you can barely observe the internal structure of the crystal.

While letting the Institute of Optics continue to improve the microscope, Li Cha began to study the difference between the structure of the magic crystal and the discarded magic crystal.

Gradually, Li Cha discovered the difference.

There is a special mechanical structure in the magic crystal atom full of magic energy. This structure is a kind of natural magic rune. Once the magic power in the magic crystal is exhausted, this special mechanical structure will lose its balance, and the rune will lose its balance. will dissipate.

By studying this rune, Richard discovered the fundamental problem of mana storage.

He created the first man-made magic crystal through the super-magic metal. Even though the man-made magic crystal is large in size and weighs several hundred catties, the magic energy stored in it is not enough to release a zero-ring trick, which costs thousands of gold coins. The man-made magic crystal produced is not practical at all.

But this is a breakthrough from zero to one. After completing this step, the magician's theory of magic energy storage has been completely understood.

The dawn of magic charging has appeared, and Li Cha immediately mobilized all magicians to participate in this project.

Many problems need to be solved, such as the problem of mana conversion, the accuracy of mana output, the mana interface, the efficiency of charging formations, etc. Li Cha alone, I don’t know how long it will take for the research to be successful?

The first person to make a contribution was Butler. Because he switched to meditation, he had a special understanding of the magic factor. A sudden inspiration allowed him to create a special rune, which solved the problem of magic energy transformation.

Immediately afterwards, with the help of the Institute of Optics, the Association of Territorial Mages overcame the problem of the accuracy of magic power output.

The problem of the magic energy interface didn't last long. In May, Wendy led a research team to overcome it.

The most difficult thing is the efficiency of the charging circle.

This problem is particularly difficult to solve. The charging efficiency of the charging circle is too low, only about [-] in [-], and it takes more than ten days to charge a magic crystal.

The magic well can continuously provide energy, and a lot of magic energy is wasted every year. Even if the charging efficiency is too low, this technology is still starting to bring profits to Harland's territory.

With the continuous improvement of the charging circle, the charging efficiency has gradually increased, reaching about [-]%.

The efficiency has increased by five times, and a standard magic crystal can be charged in about three days.

If there are enough discarded magic crystals, this technology can bring one hundred gold coins to Harland's territory every month.

As the charging efficiency continues to increase, more and more benefits will be brought. If the charging efficiency can be increased to 30.00%, relying on this small magic well, the territory of Harland will gain [-] gold coins per year. .

Based on the monthly salary of eight silver coins for veterans in the Harland Territory, four thousand soldiers could be supported.

In addition, the Tower of Lightning is also equipped with a formation that gathers magic power. The magic core of the legendary monster is equivalent to a magic energy battery that can be used infinitely, and can also charge discarded magic crystals.

Because this technology is very promising, it will even advance the level of magic civilization in the Dawn plane.So Richard attaches great importance to this technology, and Wendy personally participated in the improvement of charging efficiency.

Although the benefits are not large now, Richard still ordered Hayden to mobilize elite soldiers from the intelligence department to secretly monitor the personnel involved in the research and prevent them from contacting outsiders.

This research was also arranged by Richard at the Tower of Flame.

Because he was worried that the Venus family would leave a secret door, Richard has not arranged for anyone to go to the Tower of Flame in recent months.

After entering June, the construction of the Tower of Lightning has been completed, and the members of the Harland Mages Association basically migrated to the vicinity of the Tower of Lightning.

The magic laboratory of the territory has also been moved to the Tower of Lightning.

In order to serve the group of magicians, Richard also arranged thousands of people near the Tower of Lightning.

The Tower of Lightning is located at the northern end of Harland's territory, more than 100 kilometers away from Malte Castle in the south. Because of the strict migration order of the territory, there are basically no outsiders in this area.

The Tower of Flame is very close to the Tower of Lightning. Magicians in the territory can do research in the Tower of Flame during the day and return to the Tower of Lightning at night.

Outside the two magic towers, Li Cha has arranged for a garrison to prohibit idlers from approaching.

Time has entered September, and the efficiency of the charging array has improved again, reaching about [-]%.According to this efficiency, a discarded magic crystal can be recharged in one day.

Because the charging efficiency has improved, the discarded magic crystals in Harland's territory will soon be consumed.

Starting from June, Richard began to purchase abandoned magic crystals at a premium of [-]% through the commercial channels of Harland's territory.

After years of development, the scale of commercial channels in the Harland Territory is not small. Relying on a wide variety of commodities, it has spread all over the three provinces of northern Xinjiang, and has also developed into the three duchies of Jonathan, Edward, and Fox.

The size of the caravan is second only to the three duchies in northern Xinjiang.

Relying on the commercial tentacles of Harland's territory, the caravan negotiated with hundreds of hereditary nobles and found many professional families. In a few months, the caravan traveled all over the three provinces of northern Xinjiang and bought more than 5000 magicians who had exhausted their magic power. crystal.

Compared with the purchase price of the royal family, the territory of Harland has paid a premium after all, and the abandoned magic crystal can be exchanged for various commodities.

Small nobles live their lives carefully and carefully. This acquisition almost took away all the discarded magic crystals accumulated by the small nobles in northern Xinjiang over the years.

Having acquired enough discarded magic crystals, Wendy continued to lead the research team to improve the efficiency of the charging magic circle.

Entering September, the autumn harvest has been completed.

This year's climate is a bit dry, and the grain output has dropped by [-]%.

Fortunately, the Harland Territory developed the paddy fields near Gravessen on a large scale this year and extracted water from the Black River for irrigation. It was less affected by the drought. By the time the autumn grain was put into storage, the grain depot had already stored [-] tons of grain.

Grain reserves are related to the life and death of the territory.

In order to prevent the granary managers from embezzling and reselling grain, Li Cha established a strict system, requiring Tang En, who is in charge of agriculture, to check and count the grain depot once every half a month, and Li Cha would also conduct spot checks from time to time.

Although the spot check system cannot fundamentally solve the problem, and treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, it can still play a small role and catch some rats.

These people also came to set fire to the granary, making a death without proof.

Li Cha had seen Tianxia Granary in his previous life, and he also knew about the news of the granary being set on fire. He did not expect that the same thing happened in his territory.

It's a pity that the lord of the extraordinary world doesn't need to compromise with the bureaucrats under his rule. All the bureaucrats in the grain depot were executed by Li Cha Lingchi, and his family members were sent to the mine to be with the orcs, even a two-year-old child was not spared.

The soldiers guarding the grain depots were all executed because they failed to fulfill their responsibilities, and the soldiers were expelled from the army, and they would never be hired within three generations.

There are professional officers who have joined the army for eight or nine years, as well as veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles.The leading officer is even a member of the distant branch of the Harland family, and a blood relative of Gibson, the chief steward of the Harland family.

Li Cha also showed no mercy in dealing with these people.

Even though many people approached Li Cha to intercede, they were all severely reprimanded by him and pushed back.

Through harsh punishment, it can still play a deterrent effect.

Especially when the territory is not too big and Li Cha can supervise it, the bureaucrats dare not go too far in order to keep the whole family's head.

With 14 tons of grain, Li Cha has to feed [-] contract slaves, and he has to keep the next year's grain and reserve grain. Only [-] tons can be sold.

Due to the drought this year, grain production in the inland areas of the west has been severely reduced.The price of grain in Heihe Fort is higher than in previous years, [-] tons of grain can be sold for [-] gold coins.

After September, Li Cha continued to inspect the territory, dealt with a group of corrupt officials, dismissed a group of incompetent officials, and promoted a group of newcomers with better performance.

For two full months, Richard's footprints covered every village, factory and mine in Harland's territory.

The lord has worked tirelessly to personally touch the grassroots, leaving a lot of filth unseen.

In a village near Vicburg, Richard randomly walked into a freeman's family and asked, "How is the harvest this year? Did the city hall officials bully you?"

"This year's harvest was not very good. The village head was very unfair when dividing the fields. Our family did not get the paddy fields. After paying the tax, we couldn't eat enough. We could only live with wild vegetables and grass roots. We didn't even have money to buy winter clothes. It's not as good as being a contract slave, Master Li Cha, you must never leave us alone!"

The man in this family of freemen is named Joseph, a slave bought by Richard from the Grand Duchy of Stanik. He has been diligent and diligent in Harland's territory for five years, although he has not made any credit or made any mistakes.

This group of people was pardoned by Richard one month in advance and became free citizens in March this year.

Becoming a freeman before March would not delay the spring plowing. Generally speaking, contracted slaves who entered Harland's territory before July would become freedmen a period of time before the spring plowing.

Facing Richard's questioning, Joseph was very stage frightened, but he may have deep resentment towards the village chief and the bureaucrats in the agricultural department, so he was very angry when he filed a complaint.

Li Cha looked in the yard and found that there was a lot of firewood piled up in the yard. It seemed that this family was relatively poor and couldn't afford coal, so they could only collect shrubs and withered grass for the winter.

The clothes they wore were also very worn out. They should have been issued when they were indentured slaves. The children's clothes had already been worn out and torn, and their skin was exposed. Now that the weather is relatively cold, they have turned blue and red.

The situation of this family can be said to be bare and nothing.

After hearing what Joseph said, Li Cha would not be partial to one side or another. He nodded and said to the soldiers beside him: "Call together the villagers of this village, and then call for the officials from the agricultural department who allocated the fields to this village. In addition, bring the village chief, and we will hold a meeting on the spot to see if the problem in this village is serious or not?"

Not long after, the guards brought the village head to the courtyard of Joseph's house. The village head wanted to get angry with Joseph, but because of Richard's presence, he didn't dare to speak nonsense.However, upon hearing all kinds of rumors about Li Cha's punishment of bureaucrats, his face turned pale, his legs trembled, and he looked terrified.

Soon the villagers gathered together, and Li Cha saw the numb expressions on the faces of some people.

Generally speaking, because the fate of the free people in the territory has been changed, the life has been greatly improved, and the mental state is often positive.Seeing many obedient and insensitive freemen, Li Cha immediately understood that the problem in this village should be serious.

(End of this chapter)